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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhatever else, the timing of firing sessions speaks volumes.
politicians always time things a bit to political advantage, bad news on a friday night news dump, etc.
but firing sessions *the day after the election* amounts to an unusual display of contempt for democracy.
donnie could have waited until, say, next friday and it would hardly have mattered. we all would have known that he waited until after the election, but it would have been dismissed as normal timing of controversial acts.
but doing it specifically today removes the usual deniability. normally, there's some excuse given that it wasn't related to the election or anything political. not in this case. the timing screams:
"hey, i knew before the election i was going to do this, and i knew the people would vote against it and punish republicans accordingly, so i withheld key information from the voters and did it as soon as i could without being held accountable for it."
"oh, and for good measure, i decided to do it the very next day, just so i could rub it in the voters' faces that i withheld important information from them that would have affected their decision, because hey, i'm a con man, and that's what con men do."
RockRaven
(14,898 posts)One only needs to control the outcome of an investigation if there is something the investigation could find.
Sneederbunk
(14,278 posts)Blue Owl
(50,257 posts)n/t
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)No point in firing Sessions if the democrats took control of the Senate. Now he knows he has a chance of nominating a successful replacement and getting him through the Senate.
unblock
(52,116 posts)but yeah, no doubt donnie is pleased that he'll be able to get a more permanent a.g. at some point next year.
avebury
(10,951 posts)the Democrats taking over the House. Trump is always about Trump.